Bag-holder.



Patented Dec. "2'4, i90l.

nu.l 689,7l9.

' J. L. HERR.

BAG HLDVER. (Application led Oct. 2, 1900;)

(No Model.)

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JOHN LANDIS HERR, OF LANCASTER TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 689,719, dated December24, 1901.

Application filed October 2, 1900. Serial No. 31,757. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it' may concern:

, Be it known thatI, JOHN LANDIs HERR, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Lancaster township, in the county of Lancaster andState of Pennsylvania, have-in- Vented certain Improvements inBag-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of devices designedfor holding a bag in an upright position and with its mouth open whilebeing lled.

The objects of my improvements are, first, to facilitate the raising andlowering' of the mouth of the bag and to adjust the holder to bags ofdifferent lengths, and, second, to construct jaws having separate meansfor the attachment of coarse sacks and of bags.

The invention consists in the construction and combination ofthe variousparts, as hereinafter fully described and then pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a bag-holder embodying my invention;Fig. 2, a rear elevation; Fig. 3, a top plan View; Fig. 4, a `verticalsection through broken line 4 4 of Fig 3; and Fig. 5, a vertical sectionthrough one of the jaws, showing a modification in the construction.

Similar letters 4indicate like parts throughout the several views.

For the purposes of this specification that face of the bag-holder fromwhichthe jaws extend will be termed the front and that upon which thecounterweight is located the rear.

Referring to the details of the drawings, a, indicates a base, and b twoposts secured opposite each other to the sides of the base and havingtherein vertical slots c. The posts are bound together by twocross-pieces, one, d, being secured to the front edges of said posts andadjacent to base a and the other, e, to the top of the rear edges of theposts and eX- tending above the same.

Between posts b is an elevator consisting of an elongated upright blockf, having spindles g on its edges,which spindles pass through slots c ofsaid posts, and on the spindles are grooved antifriction-rollers h, theflanges t' whereof embrace the sides of said slots c. On

the back of elevator-block f are two screwtransverse slot in the upperedge of cross-v piece e, and from the rear of this pulley said cord orrope depends, there being attached to the end of this depending portionof said cord or rope a counter-weight o. Projecting forward from the topof each side of elevatorblockf is a jaw p, each jaw having a series ofvertically-disposed vtapering openings q, the Walls ol" said openingscontracting from the top toward the bottom. On top of elevatorblock fisa plate r of the same dimensions asy the top of said block and removablysecured thereto by a pin s, passing through an opening in plate fr andengaging a socket in the top of the elevator-block, as shown in Fig. 4.

Projecting forward from each end of plate r is a jawrt, extending overand being of the same length and width'as the corresponding jawp of theelevator-block. Disposed lengthwise of each jawz and driven through thesame is a row of headed pins u, corresponding in number and ranging withthe openings q of the jaws p, located beneath it.V Both ends of pins uproject from the surfaces of the jaws, and both ends of said pins areadaptedtoenteropeningsqof jawsp. When bags are to be upheld hy theholder, plate r is secured in place,with the heads of the pinsextendingupward and the points engaging openings g, as shown in Fig. 4;but when coarse sacks are to be upheld the sides of plate r arereversed, so that the points of the pins extend upward and the heads-engage the openings. These several devices are found to be the bestmeans of securing bags and coarse sacks, respectively, in an uprightposition. The pointed pins cut and form holes in the edge of the bags,so that the mouth of the bag is worn out, while the body thereof isperfectly sound and good; but where the pins are headed the narrow hemaround the mouth of the bag can be drawn over and under the heads of thepins, whereby the strain of the bag serves to tighten the connectionbetween said hem and the pinheads, and that without injury to the mouthof the bag. The edges of the coarse sacks eanbe pressed down over thepointed pins without receiving any material injury, and as (because ofthe coarseness of their hems) they can be much more quickly secured onthe points than over the heads of pins means are provided for so doing.

In operation the mouth of the bag is secured to the united jaws p t andthen elevated to the required height by pulling on the depending portionof cord or rope 7a, the mouth of the bag being held in said elevatedposition by weight o. The mouth of the bag is lowered by raising saidweight. Y

I do not limit myself to the details of construction herein shown anddescribed, as itis obvious that many alterations may be made thereinwithout departing from the principle and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a bag-holder, of an elevator for raising andlowering a bag, jaws supported by the elevator' and reversiblyconneet-ed tl1erewith,and pins in the jaws and having the headsprojecting from one side of said jaws and the points from the oppositeside thereof, for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, in a bag-holder, of an elevator for raising andlowering a bag, jaws projecting from the elevatorand having sockets inthe tops thereof, jaws reversibly connected with the elevator andconstructed to lap the jaws projecting therefrom, and pins in thereversible jaws and having the heads projecting from one side of saidreversible jaws and the points from the opposite side thereof, the headsand points of said pins beingadapted to engage the sockets in the jawsprojecting from the elevator, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, in a bag-holder, of two posts, an elevator betweenand guided by said posts, a pulley located above the elevator, a cord orrope connected with the elevator and passing around the pulley, jawssupported by the elevator and reversibly connected therewith, and pinsin the jaws and having the heads projecting from one side of said jawsand the points from the opposite side thereof, for the purposespecified.

4. The combination, in a bag-holder, of two posts, an elevatorbetweenand guided by said posts, a pulley located above the elevator, a cord orrope connected with the elevator and passing around the pulley, jawsprojecting from the elevator and having sockets in the top thereof, aplate reversible on top of the elevator, jaws on the plate and lappingthe jaws projecting from the elevator, and pins in the jaws on saidplate and having the heads thereof projecting from one side of said jawsand the points from the opposite side thereof, the heads and points ofsaid pins being adapted to engage the sockets in the jaws project ingfrom the elevator, for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, in a bag-holder, of two posts havingvertically-disposed slots, an elevator between said posts, spindles onthe elevator and engaging the slots in the posts, groovedantifriction-rollers on said spindles and having the flanges thereofengaging the sides of the slots in the posts, a pulley located above theelevator, a cord or rope connected with the elevator and passing aroundthe pulley, and means for securing the open mouth of a bag to theelevator. j

6. The combination, in a bag-holder, of two posts havingvertically-disposed slots therein, an elevator between the posts,spindles on the elevator and engaging said slots, groovedantifriction-rollers on said spindles and having the flanges thereofengaging the sides of the slots in the posts, a pulley located above theelevator, a cord or rope connected with the elevator and passing aroundthe pulley, jaws projecting from the elevator and having sockets in thetop thereof, a plate reversible on top of the elevator, jaws on theplate and lapping the jaws projecting from the elevator, and pins in thejaws on said plate and having the heads thereof projecting from one sideof said jaws and the points from the opposite side thereof, the headsand points of said pins being adapted to engage the sockets in the jawsprojecting from the elevator, for the purpose specified.

JOHN LANDIS HERR.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. APPEL, WM. R. GERHART.

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